{"id":1187859,"date":"2022-01-04T16:34:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T21:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1187859"},"modified":"2022-01-04T16:34:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T21:34:26","slug":"china-locks-down-another-major-city-worlds-busiest-port-as-genocide-olympics-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-locks-down-another-major-city-worlds-busiest-port-as-genocide-olympics-loom\/","title":{"rendered":"China Locks Down Another Major City, World&#039;s Busiest Port as Genocide Olympics Loom"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-locks-down-another-major-city-worlds-busiest-port-as-genocide-olympics-loom%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1187859&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>Coronavirus lockdowns in China spread on Tuesday to the huge city of Yuzhou in the central province of Henan, and the vital port city of Ningbo in eastern Zhejiang province.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Yuzhou\u2019s lockdown of<\/span><span>&nbsp;its 1.1 million citizens caught the eye of foreign journalists, but global trade analysts are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seatrade-maritime.com\/ports-logistics\/ningbo-zhoushan-port-operations-stable-amid-covid-19-outbreak\"><span>more nervous<\/span><\/a><span> about Ningbo, where a cluster of coronavirus cases was detected at a clothing factory on New Year\u2019s Day. Ningbo is the world\u2019s busiest port by shipping volume, and third largest if measured by the number of containers processed daily.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>China\u2019s state-run <\/span><i><span>Global Times<\/span><\/i> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202201\/1243989.shtml\">insisted<\/a> that while the \u201cpartial lockdown\u201d in Ningbo has \u201cled to problems like fewer drivers and trucks\u201d and could cause supply disruptions for Western clothing brands such as Nike and Adidas, the problem is \u201cless serious than some people might have thought, as Chinese suppliers have abilities to redistribute their industry chains and the local government has stepped in to help stabilize logistical supply.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><span>sniffed at the concerns of \u201coverseas media\u201d that a more severe \u201chit\u201d to international garment shipments could be possible because local officials have taken steps to protect the logistics of the port, such as issuing special passes to truck drivers so they can access the quarantined districts of the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19357626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237347424.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19357626 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237347424-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"This photo taken on December 18, 2021 shows police officers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) checking information with a truck driver (L) at a check point in Ningbo, in China&#039;s eastern Zhejiang province. - China OUT (Photo by AFP) \/ China OUT (Photo by STR\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This photo taken on December 18, 2021 shows police officers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) checking information with a truck driver (L) at a check point in Ningbo, in China\u2019s eastern Zhejiang province. (Photo by STR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cThe lockdown caused some inconvenience, such as fewer drivers and vehicles that are willing to enter the closed area. But in general, those problems are not very serious and have not had much influence on our business,\u201d said a Ningbo import company manager.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Local officials <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202201\/1243904.shtml\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> the coronavirus outbreak included only 23 cases as of Tuesday, and they were \u201chighly localized\u201d in the factory complex owned by a huge garment company called Shenzhou International.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Sunday, Shenzhou began offering a bonus to employees who cooperate with \u201cepidemic prevention control measures\u201d and a larger bonus to those willing to work on the \u201cfrontlines\u201d in Ningbo.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19140306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237087182.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19140306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237087182.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Residents undergo nucleic acid tests for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Ningbo in China\u2019s eastern Zhejiang province on December 8, 2021. (Photo by STR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The Ningbo outbreak is supposedly a strain of the delta variant of Chinese coronavirus, an important point for Chinese officials as the Beijing Winter Olympics approach because they <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2022\/01\/04\/omicron-covid-china-xian-lockdown-delta-outbreak-olympic-bubble\/\"><span>insist<\/span><\/a><span> the milder but more contagious omicron variant has been kept under control in China.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>The city of Yuzhou <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/chinas-xian-vows-strict-implementation-covid-curbs-even-cases-decline-2022-01-04\/\"><span>ordered<\/span><\/a><span> all of its million residents to stay indoors for at least three days \u2013 a lockdown order similar to the one imposed on the comparably large city of Xi\u2019an two weeks ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19140290\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237065563.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19140290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237065563.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This aerial photo shows people waiting to undergo nucleic acid tests for the Covid-19 coronavirus during a mass testing in Ningbo, in eastern China\u2019s Zhejiang province on December 7, 2021. (Photo by STR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Xi\u2019an is still under lockdown today, its starving residents <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfa.org\/english\/news\/china\/food-01032022132444.html\"><span>reduced<\/span><\/a><span> to bartering their goods for food and begging for help on social media while a menacing army of 40,000 police officers prowls the streets. A viral video clip from Xi\u2019an showed a man saying he traded a bag of rice for a smartphone and a tablet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Chinese state media claimed a convoy of trucks was bringing meat and vegetables to the desperate people of Xi\u2019an over the weekend, but intrepid social media users discovered the convoy actually delivered its supplies to a compound full of government officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Xi\u2019an\u2019s increasingly angry and frightened population noticed their government put a lot more effort into locking them down than feeding them. Some pointed out the legion of 40,000 police visible on the streets is augmented even further by a vast number of informants and secret police.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI don\u2019t think this Xi\u2019an lockdown is about disease prevention. It\u2019s more about controlling the population,\u201d one social media commenter said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Municipal authorities in Yuzhou said on Tuesday \u201cthe virus control and prevention situation in our city is very severe,\u201d even though only two locally transmitted coronavirus infections and 18 asymptomatic cases have been officially reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTo curb and quash the epidemic within the shortest amount of time is a high-priority political task facing all officials and people in the city,\u201d the authorities said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coronavirus lockdowns in China spread on Tuesday to the huge city of Yuzhou in the central province of Henan, and the vital port city of Ningbo in eastern Zhejiang province. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1187859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1187859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1187859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1187859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1187859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}